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[MATRON]
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Ask any of the chickies in my pen
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They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
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I love 'em all and all of them love me
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Because the system works
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The system called reciprocity...
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Got a little motto
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Always sees me through
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When you're good to Mama
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Mama's good to you.
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There's a lot of favors
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I'm prepared to do
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You do one for Mama
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She'll do one for you.
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They say that life is tit for tat
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And that's the way I live
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So, I deserve a lot of tat
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For what I've got to give
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Don't you know that this hand
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Washes that one too
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When you're good to Mama
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Mama's good to you!
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If you want my gravy
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Pepper my ragout
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Spice it up for Mama
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She'll get hot for you
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When they pass that basket
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Folk contribut to
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You out in for Mama
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She'll put out for you
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The folks atop the ladder
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Are the ones the world adores
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So boost me up my ladder, Kid
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And I'll boost you up yours
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Let's all stroke together
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Like the Princeton crew
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When you're strokin' Mama
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Mama's strokin' you
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So what's the one conclusion
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I can bring this number to?
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When you're good to Mama
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Mama's good to you!
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When You're Good To Mama
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Queen Latifah |